The football tournament at the 2017 Central American Games took place in December 2017.
The tournament acted as a qualifying tournament for the Central American nations for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Three teams qualified from the men's tournament, two teams qualified from the women's tournament.
The men's tournament was restricted to those born after 1 January 1997 and the women's tournament had no age restrictions.
Teams In October 2017, CONCACAF wrote to ORDECA to confirm that teams from Guatemala would not be eligible for the competitions due to suspension of the National Football Federation of Guatemala from FIFA. Honduras and Belize did not enter a team into the women's competition.
Men's Team Previous best 5th Group stage (1994, 1997, 2001, 2013) 7th Gold medal (1997) 8th Gold medal (1977) 7th Gold medal (1990, 1994, 2013) 9th Silver medal (1973) 6th Gold medal (1973)
Women's Team Previous best 3rd Gold medal (2001, 2013) 3rd 4th (2001) 3rd Silver medal (2013) 2nd 4th (2013)
Men's tournament Squads
Group stage
Tiebreakers The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Greater number of goals between teams Number of goals scored in group Goal difference in group Number of goals scored across all groups Drawing of lots
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third-place playoff
Final
Women's tournament Squads
Group stage
Knockout stage Semi-finals
Third-place playoff
Final
Qualified teams for Central American and Caribbean Games For the men's, the top three teams qualified for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games as the UNCAF representatives:
For the women's, the top two teams qualified for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games as the UNCAF representatives:
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